# Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (ANF / SCFA)

**Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport** (IATA: ANF, ICAO: SCFA) is a large airport in Antofagasta, Antofagasta Region, Chile. It has one runway, 2,800 m (9,186 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 2.8 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/scfa

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ANF / SCFA
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Antofagasta, Antofagasta Region, Chile
- Elevation: 139 m / 455 ft
- Coordinates: -23.4453, -70.4452
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,800 m / 9,186 ft
- Passengers: 2,836,978 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-3/-4 · America/Santiago
- Website: http://www.aeropuertoantofagasta.cl/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Sabella_G%C3%A1lvez_International_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430822
- Weather station: SCFA · WMO 85442
- Ident: SCFA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | 50 m / 164 ft | Asphalt | 007° / 187° | yes |

- 01/19 slopes 1.1%: threshold 01 at 107 m / 352 ft, threshold 19 at 139 m / 455 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 1,325,068 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,580,040 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,863,907 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 2,078,126 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,973,777 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,901,976 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,504,531 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,998,411 | JAC Chile |
| 2023 | 2,316,209 | JAC Chile |
| 2024 | 2,638,595 | JAC Chile |
| 2025 | 2,836,978 | JAC Chile |

## Routes

5 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [LSC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scse.md) La Florida Airport · Chile · 723 km / 449 mi · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart
- [SCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scel.md) Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · Chile · 1,107 km / 688 mi · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart
- [LIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spim.md) Jorge Chávez International Airport · Peru · 1,453 km / 903 mi · LATAM Chile
- [CCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scie.md) Carriel Sur International Airport · Chile · 1,503 km / 934 mi · LATAM Chile, JetSmart
- [CLO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skcl.md) Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport · Colombia · 3,069 km / 1,907 mi · JetSmart

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ANF, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- JA [JetSmart](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetsmart) · 4
- [LATAM Chile](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-chile) · 4
- H2 [Sky Airline](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-airline) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.8M (2025) | #484 of 3,974 | #33 in South America | #3 in CL |
| Longest runway | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | =1,615 of 29,858 | =78 in South America | =8 in CL |
| Elevation | 139 m / 455 ft | =27,961 of 43,403 | =6,362 in South America | #223 in CL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =12 in CL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | ANTOFAGASTA APP | 119.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | ANTOFAGASTA RDO | 127.100 |
| TWR | ANTOFAGASTA TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [SCMY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scmy.md) Carolina Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [SCGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scgu.md) Aguas Blancas Airport · 97 km / 60 mi
- [SCPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scpa.md) Paranal Airport · 133 km / 83 mi

## Sources

- [JAC Chile](https://datos.gob.cl/organization/junta-de-aeronautica-civil): Chile: Junta de Aeronáutica Civil (CC0 1.0)
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrés_Sabella_Gálvez_International_Airport&oldid=1362959853), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/scfa/data